So today I’m going to talk about an interesting story. When I was a child, my grandmother used to tell us a story every evening. She is a great storyteller. but there is this particular traditional stories that she told me I think when I was about seven or eight years and I must say I really love this story the story is about announcing a greedy and wiser spider. The story goes like this. Anansi was a greedy and wise spider. He wanted to possess the world wisdom. So he collected all the wisdom in the world and placed it in a pot and hide it under his bed. So one day he was climbing a tree. So because he doesn’t want anyone, because he doesn’t want anyone to steal the the wisdom, he tied the pot around his waist in front of his waist so as he was climbing the the pot was coming his way and his son told him that he should rather tie the um the pot and the back of his waist when he did that and he was able to move smoothly he realized that someone is why he sat down him for that reason he got so angry and dropped the boat. That’s how calm wisdom got spread across the world. One of the stories taught me was that being humble and humility actually takes us for pride and destroy a lot of things and ever since I heard this story it has become part of me whatever that I do I always say that there is some more whiz ahead of me or there is some more whiz wiser than you so and she didn’t make decision based on my own as she would rather consult others to get more advice
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So today I'm going to talk about an interesting story. When I was a child, my grandmother used to tell us a story every evening. She is a great storyteller, but there is this particular traditional story that she told me when I was about seven or eight years old, and I must say I really love this story. The story is about Anansi, a greedy and wise spider. The story goes like this: Anansi was a greedy and wise spider. He wanted to possess the world's wisdom. So he collected all the wisdom in the world and placed it in a pot, hiding it under his bed. One day, he was climbing a tree. Because he didn't want anyone to steal the wisdom, he tied the pot around his waist in front of him. As he was climbing, the pot was getting in his way, and his son told him that he should rather tie the pot to the back of his waist. When he did that, he was able to move smoothly. However, he realized that someone was watching him, and for that reason, he got so angry that he dropped the pot. That's how wisdom got spread across the world. One of the lessons this story taught me was that being humble and practicing humility actually helps us avoid pride, which can destroy a lot of things. Ever since I heard this story, it has become part of me. Whatever I do, I always say that there is someone wiser than me, so I make decisions not solely based on my own understanding but rather consult others to get more advice.
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